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Architecture Notes
Event ID 776047
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Architecture Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/776047
See Archaeology Notes for related sites.
[Gordon Castle, General: Architecture Notes contain Scottish Record Office references for all of Gordon Castle estate]
ARCHITECTS:
John Baxter - additions to Gordon Castle, including East block, 1769 - 1783
Samuel Butler - erecting a hot-house, 1801
John Morison, Duff House gardener - supplied sundial 1818
Archibald Simpson - Chapel c.1822,
East wing 1827 (after fire)
Conservatory (probably Archibald Simpson) c.1830
Schomberg Scott - remodelled East block in present form, 1961 - 65
REFERENCES
NMRS
Schomberg Scott Plans: Alterations to adapt the East Wing as a residence for Sir George Gordon-Lennox after the demolition of the central block. Also cetain minor proposals for courtyard adjoining the old tower left standing at the time of demolition - 44 sheets
H. M. REGISTER HOUSE
Gordon Castle Mausoleum - Architect: John Brown
Signed drawings in portfolio of unidentified drawings - RHP 2378 in Fochabers Estate Office Papers
CONTINUED IN ARCHAELOGY NOTES...
Non-Guardship Sites Plan Collection, DC23840- DC23855.
